PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY SELF-EVALUATIONS

PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY (11, 12)

To demonstrate ethical and responsible professional behaviour in the performance of his or her duties.
FEATURES

Understands the values underlying his or her teaching.

Manages his or her class in a democratic way.
Provides students with appropriate attention and support.
Justifies his or her decisions concerning the learning and education of students to the parties concerned.
Respects the confidential nature of certain aspects of his or her work.
Avoids any form of discrimination toward students, parents or colleagues.
Situates the moral conflicts arising in class with reference to the major schools of thought.
Demonstrates sound judgment in using the legal and regulatory framework governing the teaching profession.

12

LEVEL OF MASTERY
By the end of his or her initial training, the student teacher should be able to :
demonstrate sufficient responsibility in dealings with students that one can recommend with no reservations
that a class be entrusted to his or her care;
Answer to others for his or her actions by providing well-founded reasons.
How have I developed this competency during this course or professional seminar/field experience?

From the very beginning of FE2, as in FE1, I rounded from student to student during individual work, answering
questions, and monitoring for both off-task behaviour and students who may be struggling. In this way I provided
students with appropriate attention and support (feature 3). I helped to manage the classroom in a democratic way,
having the students take a vote for the due-date of an assignment (feature 2). When correcting students tests, I made
sure to stick to my marking scheme, avoiding any form of discrimination towards students. On multiple occasions, I was
trusted by my cooperating teachers to work one-on-one with students requiring extra help, or to manage the class for a
period of 5-10 minutes without them present. On another occasion, when a rather large group of students had missed
class for an extracurricular activity, it was arranged for me to work with these students outside of class time to help them
to catch up on missed work. In these situations I demonstrated sufficient responsibility in dealing with students as my
cooperating teachers had no reservations that a class be entrusted in [my] care.
As an important part of this competency, when speaking with students I ensure that confidentiality is respected at
all times. In general I avoid partaking in gossip, especially within the school staffroom. As a precautionary measure and in
order to further benefit students, I spent most of my spare time planning and preparing for future lessons, and making
myself available for students who needed extra help instead of sitting in the staff room.

WHAT IS MY CURRENT LEVEL OF MASTERY? (CHOOSE ONE)*

ADVANCED

THOROUGH

ACCEPTABLE

PARTIAL

MINIMAL

*Use the features of the competency (listed above) and the professional competency rubric.
Name ___Fionna Spence_____________________________________

ID ___260472604____________

Date: ___May 16, 2013_______________ Course Name & Number (e.g. EDEC 253) _EDEC 254________
KEEP THESE FORMS IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO. YOU WILL ADD TO THEM EACH YEAR.

PS/FE level (circle one) 1